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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Make A Heart tutorial Part One

This is a fun way to use some of the scraps of fabric and batting you have been saving. Make a few for Valentines or Christmas; these are addictive!

My brain and patience cannot upload and move around 30+ pictures at one time so I’ll have to do this tutorial in two parts.

The foundationWhat you’ll needFabric scraps; there’s no such thing as too small scraps for this project. My biggest pieces are ca 3” * 2”

Scraps of batting, any low loft batting will do.

Cover one side with fusible web (great way to use webbing that has loosened from the paper; just cut the webbing to size and fuse it to the batting using an appliqué sheet or baking paper for protection).Spray baste or fuse backing to the other side. My samples are ca 11” * 12” big.Tulle. Different coloured tulle makes different result. I have used white, red and silvery grey for the samples.Fluffy yarnFun, fluffy snowball yarn works too (take note of the last part of the tutorial though)Pins (my favourite pin cushion made by daughter)

And what you’ll doCut away or leave those threads as you likeStart in a corner with a scrap; you’ll work on the web covered side of your batting:-) Place the next scrap so that there is a bit of overlapDo the first “row”, and start building the next. Just place the scraps wherever you like; if you’re not happy, you can always add some more or replace piecesTo break up bigger pieces, you can put a narrow strip on topWhen you’re happy, use the iron to fuse everything in placeHold the piece up against the light to see if there are any holes. If something falls off, just put it back. Cover any holes with new pieces. Here are two of my foundations ready for Part Two.

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so who am I?

My name is Nina Lise and I live in Norway where I share my life with my (incredible patient) husband, our daughter, two grandboys 9 and 5 (centre of the universe and masters of our house once a week and every other weekend), and an ever growing stash of fabric (lovingly referred to as “crap” by husband).
I have been quilting for 18 years, and it is consuming my time, my budget and large parts of both my brain and our house (hence the patient husband). I am pretty much a design-as-you-make-it-up quilter and enjoy the process even more than the finished project. I love playing with scraps of fabric and turning them into small, funny quilts. My first book was published in March 2012 and I also design patterns and teach classes.